East of Scotland Tennis has agreed a partnership with Tennis First to help them develop a world class under-10s programme.
Tennis First, whose alumni include former US Open champion Emma Raducanu and two members of the Team GB squad that contested the Davis Cup finals in Malaga between 21 and 26 November – Jack Draper and Joe Salisbury – carefully selects partners to work with across the UK to deliver ‘Get Ready!’, their high quality under-10 performance programme.
It is designed to increase the standard and number of British juniors starting out on their international tennis journey.
The first partnership Tennis First has signed in Scotland it will give players in the East of Scotland the chance to compete and train with the best players in their age group, and receive coaching and advice in areas such as conditioning, psychology and nutrition.
Get Ready! will be managed by Callum Lloyd, East of Scotland LTA Head of Performance, with the new partnership helping East of Scotland towards its goal of enabling more young players to compete at European level.
Callum is pictured with some of the youngsters who are currently creating a bright future for Scottish tennis.
Viki Mendelsson, chair of East of Scotland Tennis, said:
“When we were approached by Tennis First to be the inaugural Scottish centre for their programme we were both honoured and excited. Get Ready! will give players the opportunity to go through a tried and tested world class training programme developed by Programme Director and WTA coach Suzi Riley.
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